This ecologist (not a climatologist) seems to equate weather, which cycles in
years to decades and varies by region, with climate, which has longer cycles and
is hemispherical in scale. Climate experts keep saying those are no-no's.
Hmm.

Either way, climate models said the global average temperature
was supposed to be higher by now. It isn't -- it's been flat since
1998.

"Ecological systems are already more stressed than at any comparable period
in human history" It makes me laugh inside when people, especially supposed
experts, make outlandish comments like this. There is no way to prove an
assertion like that.

Actually, there _is_ evidence to support the findings
that climate change is already impacting Utah.

First, look at average
low temps during winters for the past decade. They're rising.

Second, the assertion that global average temps have been flat since 1998 is
intentionally deceptive cherry picking of data in the extreme. It's like
observing that because 12 year-old kids are about the same height a week before
their birthday as they are the week after their birthday that kids don't
get taller as they age.

Finally, there's nothing
"outlandish" about comments regarding unprecedented stress on
ecosystems. Give these scientists a little credit for their areas of expertise
- they know how to study tree rings and other proxies for long-term changes in
the local climate.

I can tell this news story is going to generate
the usual denialist talking points, but that doesn't make the reality of
human-caused climate change any less significant. The science is there, and
growing every day. At some point you folks are going to have to accept the
facts.

Welcome to water wars, higher prices and more human-made misery. Humans it
appears are indulging in world-wide genocide of the human race and the entire
biosphere of live here on earth. Another mass extinction and another whole
round of new ecological development of new species. The human experiment may be
another failed evolutionary attempt. Man's greed has outstripped
women's nurturing kindness.

Wow, scientists with an agenda also write official sounding reports! Climate researchers who don't support the official "Climate Change
Doctrine" don't get research grants from the government. In as much as
nobody else pays Climate researchers it is safe to say that 100% of climate
researchers believe in Global Warming, Climate Change or whatever Al Gore needs
to call it these days to keep selling his video of a Power Point Presentation
(PPP). All those who don't believe in Climate Change have been forced to
seek work elsewhere. Those who remain in the profession know they must speak the
party line or face unemployment; and that is not a pleasant prospect in the
Obama economy.

When I ponder the amount of waste involved with the antiquated system currently
in place to distribute newspapers as well as the wasteful destruction of trees
to produce the papers themselves it seems obvious that any person with a social
conscious would cancel their newspaper subscriptions immediately as a first step
in saving the planet.

National Wildlife Foundation? That group is incredibly biased, past good
science, and into alarmism and activism. All of their reports are of the same
vein. My favorite was a recent one titled "The Psychological Effects of
Global Warming on the United States - And why the US mental health care system
is not adequately prepared"

I have come to believe that we are in a period of warming and perhaps climate
change, but our view of the world's climate history is so microscopic that
we can't possibly tell exactly what all of the data portend. Nevertheless,
a scientist whose job title is "senior sustainability scientist" at the
Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability (whatever
that means!) is not likely to contribute to a report or draw a conclusion that
contradicts her job description or questions the necessity of her institute.
And the "U.S. Global Change Research Program," mentioned as the sponsor
of this study, suggests by its own name that it has already drawn its
conclusions and is only looking for alarmist data to get everyone excited.

Climate has been changing throughout the course of human history, and evidently
prior to the appearance of humans, according to scientists. However the issue is
where environmentalists are taking it; "human caused" climate change.
Climate changed when there were no or few humans, no factories, electrical
energy, and cars. So why suddenly is it all the fault of humans? Humans do have
an impact but so far the measurable effect of human caused climate change does
not hold water.For better or worse, nature will have her way.

The government (the military, in particular) has been manipulating and creating
weather for many years. Though it isn't published or acknowledged in
mainstream media, the unprecedented storms, like Hurricane Sandy or Katrina,
weren't just a fluke of "nature". They were man made. I know.
You think I'm just another "nut-case", with yet another conspiracy
theory, right? Fine! Google the topic, "Weather Manipulation"
You'll quickly change your mind. The evidence is overwhelming!

I live in the Sanpete valley. Until about a week ago, we’ve witness
multiple aircraft spewing chemicals in our lower atmosphere, on a regular basis
- not just a plane or two, once in a while; but, three or four days out of any
given week. They're not simply seeding the clouds. The government has
been developing, testing and perfecting the use of specialized chemicals for
many, many years. The results have been the outlandish, almost unbelievable
storms we're now witnessing and experiencing.

Millions of people
became the "victims" of Hurricane Sandy. Many are still without
shelter, adequate food, or necessary services. If they only knew!

I hate to break it to the political scientists behind this farce, but the global
temperature has been falling since its peak in 1998. There is no credible
evidence than man has any effect on temperature, the climate, or the weather.

Comparing cancer to climate change ridicilious as most doctors want what is best
for there patients. So we should listen to 9 people that are lying. Can the
law of gravity be changed if 9 out of ten scientists don't believe it?

To my friends and neighbors who doubt global warming science, I direct you to
Josh Willis’ ocean warming work at NASA JPL. You will find that he has
been the brunt of much of the pseudo-science that some of you are unwittingly
quoting as fact. But don’t believe me. Please search on his name, read his
article and lectures or watch his YouTube videos or phone him yourself.

It is always best to investigate topical issues by contacting the expert
yourself.